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pykälä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • article noun A piece of writing on a particular topic, published in a newspaper, magazine, or online.
  • chapter noun One of the main divisions of a book or other written work.
  • score noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.
  • tally verb To count or add up a total.
  • tick noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.

Senses

pykälä is used for these senses in English:

  • article A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
  • chapter A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
  • score A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
  • tally A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
  • tick A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

article — full definition

  1. noun A piece of writing on a particular topic, published in a newspaper, magazine, or online.
  2. noun An individual item or object, especially one of a particular kind or category.
  3. noun A word (such as "a," "an," or "the") that marks a noun as definite or indefinite.

chapter — full definition

  1. noun One of the main divisions of a book or other written work.
  2. noun A local branch of a larger organisation, club, or society.
  3. noun A distinct period or stage in someone's life or in a story of events.

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